TED Prize

The TED Prize is awarded annually to a leader with a creative, bold wish to spark global change. By investing $1 million in a powerful idea every year, the TED Prize accelerates progress toward solving some of the world's most pressing problems.

A billion people around the world lack access to health care, simply because they live too far from a clinic. Through Last Mile Health, 2017 TED Prize winner Raj Panjabi works to extend access to health services to all.

Sarah Parcak is a modern-day Indiana Jones. She uses satellites to locate long-lost archaeological sites. With the TED Prize, she’ll build GlobalXplorer and invite us all to help preserve and protect our cultural heritage.

The Panama Papers exposed rich and powerful people hiding vast amounts of money in offshore accounts. But what does it mean? Robert Palmer speaks on behalf of Global Witness, winner of the 2014 TED Prize.